Big Apple residents are fuming at the city’s so-called “hellish helicopter highway” they say is causing excessive noise and pollution as lawmakers seek to ban “non-essential” chopper flights. “We can’t take it anymore, It’s too much,” Dororta Lukaszynska, who has lived in Tribeca for two decades, told The Post on Tuesday. “Noise pollution is a … Read more
Staten Island pols and union heads on Friday welcomed the local chapter of the NAACP to the congestion pricing opposition — arguing the looming $15 toll to drive on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets will harm minority communities. The bipartisan contingent of elected officials and local leaders rallied against the state’s congestion tolling plan, claiming the … Read more
New York City Council members feeling the heat from thousands of angry co-op and condo owners are urging state pols to OK tax breaks over a new “green” mandate that could cost more than $20,000 per unit. The City Council had actually approved the mandate, the Climate Mobilization Emissions Law, in 2019 requiring residential buildings to initially … Read more
Realtors in the Big Apple’s cut-throat housing market are citing the controversy over congestion pricing in their pitch to sell and rent apartments in Manhattan outside zones where the toll will be imposed. Glenn Barnett of Nest Seekers sends out listings with the heading “Avoid Congestion Pricing.” “I do get a better response. People are … Read more
The forgotten borough is getting smoked out! New York’s controversial plan to enforce a $15 toll to drive on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets will just favor Midtown’s wealthy elite — and increase pollution in Staten Island’s minority neighborhoods, local pols claimed Thursday. “If someone wanted to deliberately create a plan with the goals that … Read more
Eighteen elected officials have joined a federal lawsuit by the teachers union aimed at blocking the controversial new $15 congestion pricing toll to enter Midtown Manhattan. More than half the plaintiffs are Democrats whose fellow party members approved the law greenlighting congestion pricing in 2019. UTF President Mike Mulgrew and Staten Island Borough President Vito … Read more
Despite a lethargic 2023, office leasing got its mojo back in the fourth quarter when the year’s largest deals were completed. Law firms led the action with blockbuster leases inked after Labor Day. Davis Polk renewed and expanded its lease to 630,000 square feet at RXR’s 450 Lexington Ave. Paul Weiss will relocate from 1285 … Read more
An intense four-alarm fire scorched through a large warehouse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Friday morning, shooting a column of thick black smoke into the sky. The massive inferno ignited inside an industrial building just southeast of Newark Liberty International Airport just before 5:30 am — with smoke billowing as far as Staten Island, where locals … Read more
Claims, trains and automobiles! New York City’s most powerful teachers’ union has teamed up with Staten Island’s Republican borough president to sue to stop the MTA’s controversial congestion pricing plan. The lawsuit, filed Thursday by the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), has asked the court to halt the implementation of the soon-to-be-launched plan, which would charge drivers … Read more
A holiday songwriter who touts herself as the “Queen of Christmas” claims transportation officials should be on the naughty list for overlooking how congestion pricing will impact her lower Manhattan neighborhood. The state’s plan to levy a $15 toll to drive to Manhattan’s busiest streets will lead to a “sharp increase” in motorists on the … Read more